Optimal Space–Time Codes for the MIMO Amplify-and-Forward Cooperative Channel

  • Authors:
  • Sheng Yang;Jean-Claude Belfiore

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Commun. & Electron., Ecole Nat. Superieure des Telecommun., Paris;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In this work, we extend the nonorthogonal amplify-and-forward (NAF) cooperative diversity scheme to the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel. A family of space-time block codes for a half-duplex MIMO NAF fading cooperative channel with N relays is constructed. The code construction is based on the nonvanishing determinant (NVD) criterion and is shown to achieve the optimal diversity-multiplexing tradeoff (DMT) of the channel. We provide a general explicit algebraic construction, followed by some examples. In particular, in the single-relay case, it is proved that the Golden code and the 4times4 Perfect code are optimal for the single-antenna and two-antenna cases, respectively. Simulation results reveal that a significant gain (up to 10 dB) can be obtained with the proposed codes, especially in the single-antenna case